The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 31, 1910
Waning Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -158
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 261.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -23.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.85° / -1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / 2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.04° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.